Industrial Organization

Market structure and regulation, contracting, pricing, auction mechanisms, privacy, bundling, patents...

The Industrial Organization group has the objective to promote excellent research and teaching in Industrial Organization as well as formation of good students in Industrial Organization. The group is composed of about thirty researchers active in the field.

      Activities of the group

  IO seminar: Monday from 14h15 to 15h30, organized by Chuqing Jin and Doh-Shin Jeon
IO workshop: Monday from 12h30 to 14h00, organized by Alex de Corniere
Competition Policy Workshop and Seminar: Friday from 15h30 to 17h, organized by Patrick Rey and Estelle Malavolti
Digital Economics Conference: organized by Jacques Crémer, Paul Seabright and Alex de Corniere
Energy and Climate Conference: organized by Stefan Ambec and Mathias Reynaert
Annual CSIO/TSE Industrial Organization Workshop: organized by Isis Durrmeyer

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WP and articles of the group

Antibiotic Demand in the Presence of Antimicrobial Resistance

Pierre Dubois, and Gökçe Gökkoca

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1457, July 2023, revised January 2025

Modeling technology changes in air transport in the presence of a market shock: A passenger-based analysis

Shangrong Chen, and Estelle Malavolti

Journal of Air Transport Management, vol. 110, n° 102340, July 2023

On the bright side of market concentration in a mixed-oligopoly healthcare industry

Michele Bisceglia, Jorge Padilla, Salvatore Piccolo, and Pekka Saaskilahti

Journal of Health Economics, vol. 90, n° 102771, July 2023

Data portability and competition: Can data portability increase both consumer surplus and profits?

Doh-Shin Jeon, and Domenico Menicucci

European Journal of Law and Economics, July 2023

Strategic Submissions: An Analysis of Supplemental Drug Approvals

Pierre Dubois, Elissa Philipp Gentry, and Tuba Tuncel

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1459, July 2023, revised January 2026

Pricing energy consumption and residential energy-efficiency investment: An optimal tax approach

Claude Crampes, Norbert Ladoux, and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

Journal of Public Economic Theory, June 2023, pp. 1-18

The (Ir)Relevance of the Cooperative Form

Jean Tirole, Paul-Henri Moisson, and Pierre Dubois

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1453, June 2023

Coordination in the Fight Against Collusion

Elisabetta Iossa, Simon Loertscher, Leslie Marx, and Patrick Rey

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1441, June 2023

A Theory of Conglomerate Mergers

Zhijun Chen, and Patrick Rey

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1447, June 2023, revised April 2026

Price Parallelism in the Greek Steel Market: Evidence of a False Cartel Accusation

Yannis Katsoulacos, and Marc Ivaldi

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1454, June 2023

Matching Unskilled/Skilled Workers to Firms Facing Budget Constraints

Amirreza Ahmadzadeh, and Behrang Kamali-Shahdadi

TSE Working Paper, vol. 23-1446, June 2023

Fair Gatekeeping in Digital Ecosystems

Jean Tirole, and Michele Bisceglia

TSE Working Paper, vol. 1452, June 2023, revised December 2024

List of Seminars of the group

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The Great Rectification of China’s Platform Sector

Date 25 May 2022
Place Auditorium A4
Speaker or organiser Rogier Creemers

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Holding Platforms Liable

Date 17 May 2022
Place Zoom Meeting
Speaker or organiser Kathryn Spier

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Deceptive Features on Platforms”, and is joint work with Robert Somogyi

Date 16 May 2022
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Johannes Johnen

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Masterclass on Empirical Industrial Organization for Electricity Markets

Date 9 May 2022
Place Auditorium 4

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Equilibrium Effects of Food Labeling Policies

Date 9 May 2022
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Nano Barahona

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Privacy Costs and Consumer Data Acquisition: An Economic Analysis of Data Privacy Regulation

Date 3 May 2022
Place Zoom Meeting
Speaker or organiser Zhijun Chen

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Entry Into Two-Sided Markets Shaped By Platform-Guided Search

Date 19 April 2022
Place Zoom Meeting
Speaker or organiser Leon Musolff

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Should Gig Platforms Decentralize Dispute Resolution?

Date 5 April 2022
Place Zoom Meeting
Speaker or organiser Yao Cui

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Welfare analysis of advertising regulation on media platforms

Date 4 April 2022
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Jiekai Zhang

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Cloud Computing Markets Dynamics and Competition Distorsions

Date 30 March 2022
Place Auditorium A4
Speaker or organiser Lucas Buthion

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Common Ownership and Competition in the Ready-To-Eat Cereal Industry

Date 28 March 2022
Place Auditorium 4
Speaker or organiser Michael Sinkinson

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Intel and the Future of the AEC Test

Date 25 March 2022
Place Online by Zoom
Speaker or organiser James Venit

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Andrew Rhodes

Group leader

Conferences and workshops

5th Health Economics Conference

Date From 16 to 17 June 2027
Place Auditorium A3 Jean-Jacques Laffont & Auditorium A4

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The Economics of Antimicrobial Resistance: Innovation, Access, and Stewardship

Date 15 June 2027
Place Auditorium A3 - JJ. Laffont

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19th Digital Economics Conference

Date From 7 to 8 January 2027
Place Auditorium 3 JJ Laffont - Auditorium 4

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